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The 6th Pennsylvania Never Runs: Armed With Lances, This Cavalry Unit Charged Across The Eastern Theater, Mark A. Snell

Civil War Book Review

During a cavalry action near Culpeper, Virginia, on August 1, 1863, Sergeant Thomas Smith of the 6th Pennsylvania Cavalry heard Brig. Gen. John Buford angrily reprimand Maj. Henry Hazeltine, the 6th's commander, for failing to properly lead his troopers in a charge on a Confederate battery. Accordin....

Electric Monopole Transitions From Low Energy Excitations In Nuclei, J. L. Wood, E. F. Zganjar, C. De Coster, K. Heyde

Faculty Publications

Electric monopole (E0) properties are studied across the entire nuclear mass surface. Besides an introductory discussion of various model results (shell model, geometric vibrational and rotational models, algebraic models), we point out that many of the largest E0 transition strengths, p2(E0), are associated with shape mixing. We discuss in detail the manifestation of E0 transitions and present extensive data for single-closed shell nuclei, vibrational nuclei, well-deformed nuclei, nuclei that exhibit sudden ground-state changes, and nuclei that exhibit shape coexistence and intruder states. We also pay attention to light nuclei, odd-A nuclei, and illustrate a suggested relation between p2(E0) and isotopic …

The X-Ray Transient Xte J2012+381, R. I. Hynes, P. Roche, P. A. Charles, M. J. Coe

Faculty Publications

We present optical and infrared observations of the soft X-ray transient (SXT) XTE J2012+381 and identify the optical counterpart with a faint red star heavily blended with a brighter foreground star. The fainter star is coincident with the radio counterpart and appears to show weak Ha emission and to have faded between observations. The RXTE All Sky Monitor light curve of XTE J2012+381 is unusual for an SXT in that after an extended linear decay, it settled into a plateau state for about 40 days before undergoing a weak mini-outburst. We discuss the nature of the object and suggest similarities …

A Theoretical Investigation Into The Role Of Central Bank Independence In The Recent East Asian Financial Crisis Of 1997-1998, Brian Mcmahon

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Co-Infection With Opportunistic Pathogens Promotes Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Infection In Macrophages, Sharon M. Wahl, Teresa Greenwell-Wild, Gang Peng, Hollie Hale-Donze, Jan M. Orenstein

Faculty Publications

Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infection is dependent on susceptible host cells that express both CD4 and chemokine co-receptors. The co-receptor CCR5 is associated with primary infection by macrophage-tropic virus isolates, whereas CXCR4 is commonly associated with T cell- and dual- tropic viruses. Once infected, lymphocytes and macrophages may replicate HIV- 1 or harbor latent virus, depending on environmental factors and cellular activation. Immune activation is often associated with viremia, which is consistent with enhanced infection and viral replication in activated cells harboring virus. In this regard, opportunistic infections activate the immune system with the detrimental sequelae of enhanced …

Control Of Cell Shape And Elongation: The Mreb Protein Of Escherichia Coli., Jason Gioia

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A Study On The Multiple Effects Of Egg Shell Color On Egg And Chick Characteristics In Commercial Broiler Breeders, Kirk Martin Vitry

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Cyborg Identity And The Destabilization Of Epistemological Boundaries In Thomas Pynchon’S V. And Gravity’S Rainbow, Scott Kaufman

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Faculty Senate Resolution 99-14, Louisiana State University And Agricultural & Mechanical College

LSU Faculty Senate Publications

Faculty Senate Resolution on the creation of a permanent commission on the status of minorities, adopted on May 3, 1999.

Faculty Senate Resolution 99-13, Louisiana State University And Agricultural & Mechanical College

LSU Faculty Senate Publications

Faculty Senate Resolution commending John and Billie Collier, adopted on May 3, 1999.

Faculty Senate Resolution 99-12, Louisiana State University And Agricultural & Mechanical College

LSU Faculty Senate Publications

Faculty Senate Resolution regarding an amendment in PS-29, adopted on May 3, 1999.

Legal Perspectives Of The Student Media, Kristi D. Husher

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Preliminary Determination Of The Number Of Β-1, 3-Glucanase Isoforms And Their Cumulative Activity In The Leaves Of The Strawberry Plant, Maria F. Chen

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Characterization Of Hypoxia: Topic 1 Report For The Integrated Assessment On Hypoxia In The Gulf Of Mexico, Nancy N. Rabalais, R. Eugene Turner, Dubravko Justic, Quay Dortch, William J. Wiseman

Faculty Publications

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The Announcement Of Containment: An Examination Of The Foreign Policy Presented To The American People And To Congress Between Spring 1946 And Summer 1947, Kelli Ann Greene

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Interpretative Planning For A Neglected Historic Site In Istabul, Turkey, Ulvi Erhan Erol

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

In the 20th Century, war and other misfortunes have taught us to protect our historic and archeological past, in terms of both buildings and landscapes. While the world has already lost much of the past, much remains to be discovered, protected and interpreted. In the small pocket of urban open space located in Istanbul, Turkey that is the subject of this study, for example, the past usage's have been obliterated by contemporary employment of the site for automobile parking. This study presents an alternative way to use the site that takes better advantage of its central location among world-famous antiquities. …

The Life History Of Southern Flounder (Paralichthys Lethostigma) In Louisiana Waters, Andrew James Fischer

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The objectives of this study were to describe the life history patterns of the southern flounder (Paralichthys lethostigma) in Louisiana waters through determination of age, growth, and reproductive biology. A variety of sample sources were included to demonstrate how the southern flounder life cycle is dependent on both the estuary and offshore waters throughout the various stages of its life cycle. Females exhibited greater lengths then males reaching a maximum of 764mm total length and males a maximum of 414mm. Ages were estimated through examination of transverse sections of sagittal otoliths. Annuli were validated to form yearly in the winter …

The Life History Of Southern Flounder (Paralichthys Lethostigma) In Louisiana Waters, Andrew James Fisher

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The objectives of this study were to describe the life history patterns of the southern flounder (Paralichthys lethostigma) in Louisiana waters through determination of age, growth, and reproductive biology. A variety of sample sources were included to demonstrate how the southern flounder life cycle is dependent on both the estuary and offshore waters throughout the various stages of its life cycle. Females exhibited greater lengths then males reaching a maximum of 764mm total length and males a maximum of 414mm. Ages were estimated through examination of transverse sections of sagittal otoliths. Annuli were validated to form yearly in the winter …

Decomposition Strategies For Process Identification And Control Using Neural Networks, Olufemi Adebiyi

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Linear Identification and control strategies suffer from the inadequacy of capturing the inherently nonlinear phenomena of chemical processes, and are valid only in a narrow region around a chosen operating point.

Hence, the goal of this dissertation is be to design nonlinear identification and control strategies using neural networks. Neural networks are identification paradigm that mimics the brain and can capture the underlying nonlinearities of a given data.

The Methodology undertaken is to decompose a complex nonlinear problem into less complex nonlinear problems that can easily be handled by multiple neural network models. Two strategies are developed in this dissertation: …

Dark Phoenix: The Representation Of Black Woman In Je Suis Martiniquais By Mayotte Capecia And Mon Examen De Blanc By Jacqueline Manicom, Sybil Shevron Jackson

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Black women writers in the French West Indies were conspicuously absent from the literary canon during the negritude movement in the 1940's. Mayotte Capecia was one of the few who managed to write during this time. Capecia was criticized severely for her novel Je suis Martiniquais by Frantz Fanon and accused of betraying her race because of the inter-racial love affair between her heroine and a French soldier. Jacqueline Manicom, her literary descendant who wrote Mon Examen de Blanc in 1972, was ostracized from the medical profession for her political beliefs concerning women's rights.

This dissertation examines images and representation …

Oligosaccharides From Cell Surface Glycoproteins Of Thermoplasma Acidophilum, An Archae, Gitanjali Srivastava

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Archaeological Investigation Of Unit Two At The Sharp Site (16lv13), Livingston Parish, Louisiana, Laura Cathleen Tanley

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

This thesis is an examination of southeastern Louisiana archaeology focusing on Unit Two at the Sharp site (16LV13) on the Lower Amite River. The artifact analysis, and more specifically the pottery analysis, demonstrated a significant early occupation at the site. The analyzed pottery represents cultural components at the Sharp site which span from the Tchula through Coles Creek periods.

Within Unit Two there was an obvious subsistence change evident. The upper strata of the midden contained a great deal of Rangia clam shell, while the earlier cultural occupations below it did not. This change in exploitation of local food sources …

Germany And The European Monetary Union; A History Of Western European Integration And Germany’S Relationship, Both Then And Now., Shannon E. Smith

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Relationship Of Egg Position During Incubation To Embryonic Growth And Mortality, Hatchability, And Chick Weight Of Broiler Breeder Eggs, Daniel Ryan Petrolia

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Evidence That Cys230 And Lys238 Of Biotin Carboxylase Do Not Act As An Acid-Base Pair To Deprotonate Biotin, Robert Brett Lloyd

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The Role Of Four Active Site Residues In The Catalytic Mechanism Of Biotin Carboxylase, Patrick Frantom

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The Summer Storms Of Scandal In Louisiana, Jeremy Cedars

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A Reanalysis Of The Ultraviolet Extinction From Interstellar Dust In The Large Magellanic Cloud, K. A. Misselt, Geoffrey C. Clayton, Karl D. Gordon

Faculty Publications

We have reanalyzed the Large Magellanic Cloud's (LMC) ultraviolet (UV) extinction using data from the IUE final archive. Our new analysis takes advantage of the improved signal-to-noise ratio of the IUE NEWSIPS reduction, the exclusion of stars with very low reddening, the careful selection of well-matched comparison stars, and an analysis of the effects of Galactic foreground dust. Differences between the average extinction curves of the 30 Dor region and the rest of the LMC are reduced compared with previous studies. We find that there is a group of stars with very weak 2175 Å bumps that lie in or …

First Observations Of An R Coronae Borealis Star With The Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph: Ry Sagittarii Near Maximum Light, Geoffrey C. Clayton, T. R. Ayres, Warrick A. Lawson, John S. Drilling, P. Woitke, Martin Asplund

Faculty Publications

We describe the far-UV (1140-1740 Å) spectrum of the hydrogen-deficient R Coronae Borealis (RCB) star RY Sgr, obtained near maximum light (pulsational phase ≯0.1) by the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (STIS) on Hubble Space Telescope. The far-UV spectrum shows a photospheric continuum rising steeply toward longer wavelengths and two prominent emission features at the shorter wavelengths: C II λ1335 and Cl I λ1351 (the latter is radiatively fluoresced by the 10 times stronger C II multiplet). We also find evidence for CO A-X 4th-positive system absorption band heads and possible weak CO fluorescent emissions pumped by C II λ1335, but …

Nutrient Enhanced Coastal Ocean Productivity In The Northern Gulf Of Mexico, William J. Wiseman Jr., Michael J. Dagg, Nancy N. Rabalais, Terry E. Whitledge

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.